Variation in the postpartum hemorrhage rate in a clinical trial of oral misoprostol

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 559-564

  Goudar, Shivaprasad S ^a   Chakraborty, Hrishikesh ^b   Edlavitch, Stanley A ^c   Naik, Vijaya A ^a   Bellad, M B ^a   Patted, Shobhana S ^a   Patel, Ashlesha ^d   Moore, Janet ^b   McClure, Elizabeth M ^b   Hartwell, Tyler ^b   Moss, Nancy ^e   Derman, Richard J ^c   Kodkany, Bhalchandra S ^a   Geller, Stacie E ^f  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Department of Ambulatory and Community Health   (United States)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Misoprostol; Postpartum hemorrhage; PPH; Provider skills; Training monitoring

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITORING; NURSE MIDWIFE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; MISOPROSTOL; NURSES' AIDES; OXYTOCICS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49749118699     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050802132158     Document Type: Article

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